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China 'keeping wary eye' on US and EU as trade pressure mounts

China is “keeping a wary eye” on the United States and the European Union - its two biggest trade partners - as they try to pressure Beijing to make changes, diplomatic sources and observers said. Amid an escalating trade war, Washington wants Beijing, among other things, to stop subsidising its industrial development and technology sectors and to significantly lower market b...

SCMP | 2018-08-29 10:22

'Thanks Mr. Trump': state media mocks US president for making China great again

China's biggest state broadcaster has produced a short, satirical video mocking the US president that opens with the line: “Thanks Mr Trump, you are GREAT!”

SCMP | 2018-08-23 11:13

US accuses China of seeking to build a 'military base' in El Salvador

El Salvador might be a small nation, but the United States is worried it has something more to offer mainland China than diplomatic recognition: a port that could be used for military purposes. The Central American country officially cut ties with Taipei and established a formal alliance with Beijing on Tuesday, leaving Taiwan with just 17 nations that officially recognise it...

SCMP | 2018-08-22 14:55

Chinese man ate bamboo to survive five days lost on mountain

A man has been rescued from the highest peak in China’s “panda capital” after five days of subsisting on bamboo and spring water to survive. Zhou Bo, a first-time mountaineer, was discovered on Xiling Snow Mountain, in Chengdu in southwest China’s Sichuan province, by a local farmer last Saturday afternoon after four days of fruitless rescue operations, state-funded media sit...

SCMP | 2018-08-17 09:39

Foreign men sunbathing on road baffle Taiwan motorists

Motorists in Taiwan got a surprise over the weekend when they spotted two men sunbathing on a city street, a local television station reported.

SCMP | 2018-08-16 12:10

Korean BBQ gas tank explodes in China, killing 1

At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in northeast China on Wednesday when a liquefied gas tank exploded in a restaurant that was being renovated, a local newspaper reported.

SCMP | 2018-08-16 12:00

Russia offers 2.5 million-acre land to soybean-hungry China

Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors - and while that could be boon for Beijing as it struggles with limited supplies of soybeans in its trade war with the US, analysts are concerned about the quality of the plots available.

SCMP | 2018-08-15 13:54

Baby sold for $9,000 by broke parents

A young couple have been detained by police in central China for allegedly selling their newborn daughter to an online buyer through an agent, a local newspaper has reported.

SCMP | 2018-08-15 13:32

Over a thousand show up for funeral service of Hong Kong singer Ellen Joyce Loo

Nearly a thousand people paid their respects to late Hong Kong singer-songwriter Ellen Joyce Loo on Monday, eight days after she fell to her death at her Happy Valley residence at the age of 32.

SCMP | 2018-08-14 13:46

Which country offers fastest fixed broadband speed?

Singapore beat Hong Kong to top the charts for the fastest fixed broadband speeds globally for the 12th time in a row.

SCMP | 2018-08-14 12:18

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